Last month, Toyota did more than its part to fuglify the future with its fuel-cell-powered Mirai production sedan. It’s now Honda’s turn to show America what it thinks the hydrogen-powered future should look like, with the company announcing that it will bring its latest FCV concept to the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit next month.

A toned-down iteration of the rad-tastic FCEV concept that Honda rolled out at the 2013 L.A. show, the FCV actually made its debut in Japan at almost exactly the same time as the Mirai did in California—we drove the Toyota shortly thereafter, too—but its debut was overshadowed by the events in La-La-Land, including Honda’s own launch of the HR-V cute ute.

Still technically a concept, the FCV previews Honda’s next-generation fuel-cell vehicle that will launch in 2016. In contrast to the last such car offered to Americans, the FCX Clarity, the FCV’s powertrain is now contained completely within the front engine compartment of the vehicle. Honda claims that this allows not only for efficiencies in cabin space (seating capacity is five, versus four for the Mirai) but that it also makes things easier for Honda to apply its fuel-cell technology to additional models in the future. Honda claims that output has risen to more than 136 horsepower, while power density is up by 60 percent to 3.1 kW per liter, and that the fuel-cell stack has been reduced in size by a third. Honda expects that the FCV’s driving range will exceed 300 miles, and that refueling time is down to three to five minutes at a pressure of 10,000 psi.

It will be interesting to see how the sleek, be-skirted FCV is received by NAIAS showgoers in Detroit, although their reactions won’t matter much since the FCV likely won’t be sold anywhere near Michigan for quite some time. Expect it to follow the lead of the Mirai (and the FCX Clarity) and go on sale first in California, where the hydrogen fuel infrastructure is making the most progress.